Proceedings. Biological Sciences
Overview
'Proceedings. Biological sciences' is a prestigious scientific journal published by the Royal Society. It covers a wide range of biological disciplines, including ecology, evolution, genetics, and neuroscience. With a focus on original research articles, it provides a platform for scientists to share their findings and contribute to the advancement of biological knowledge. The journal promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and encourages the exploration of new frontiers in the biological sciences.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Proc Biol Sci
Start
1990
End
Continuing
Frequency
Twice monthly, 1998-
p-ISSN
0962-8452
e-ISSN
1471-2954
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialty
Biology
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 233
289
SJR / Ranks: 1583
1692
CiteScore / Ranks: 2064
8.40
JIF / Ranks: 1761
4.7
Recent Articles
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Turecek P, cerny V, Diallo M, Cisse N, Pokorny S, Kleisner K
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20243105.
PMID: 40068826
It has been suggested that in threatening environments, both women and men should prefer more masculine men as romantic and coalition partners, respectively. Empirical evidence for this hypothesis has been...
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Lin P, Chan W, Cai L, Hsiao Y, Dankowicz E, Gilbert K, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20242426.
PMID: 40068825
Host plant use in Lepidoptera has been a primary focus in studies of ecological specialization, and multiple factors are likely to be involved in shaping the evolution of diet breadth....
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Bahr S, van der Meij S, Terraneo T, Oury N, Michiels N, Ogg S, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20242403.
PMID: 40068824
Fluorescence is a notable adaptation in marine environments, helping to counteract the loss of longer wavelengths as light diminishes with depth. Studied to some extent in cnidarians and reef fish,...
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Biernaskie J, Garzon-Martinez G, Corke F, Doonan J
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20241984.
PMID: 40068823
Crop productivity was transformed by incorporating dwarfing genes that made plants smaller and less competitive (more cooperative). Beyond such major shifts in plant size, however, it is not clear how...
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Campbell M, Udyawer V, White C, Baker C, Kopf R, Fukuda Y, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20242260.
PMID: 40068822
The ecological roles of large predators are well recognized, but quantifying their functional impacts remains an active area of research. In this study, we examined the metabolic requirements and nutrient...
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Cioccarelli S, Giunchi D, Casini G, Pollonara E, Bingman V, Gagliardo A
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20243099.
PMID: 40068821
Homing pigeons rely on familiar landscape features in learning a visual map, which is orchestrated by the forebrain visual Wulst and hippocampus. Recent global positioning system tracking studies showed that...
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Baudouin Gonzalez L, Schonauer A, Harper A, Arif S, Leite D, Steinhoff P, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20242069.
PMID: 40068820
Visual systems provide a key interface between organisms and their surroundings, and have evolved in many forms to perform diverse functions across the animal kingdom. Spiders exhibit a range of...
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Landim A, Neuschulz E, Donoso I, Sorensen M, Mueller T, Schleuning M
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20242995.
PMID: 40042259
Plant functional connectivity-the dispersal of plant propagules between habitat patches-is often ensured through animal movement. Yet, there is no quantitative framework to analyse how plant-animal interactions and the movement of...
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Guo X, Benzaquen E, Holmes E, Berger J, Bruhl I, Sedley W, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20242503.
PMID: 40041963
Auditory figure-ground paradigms assess the ability to extract a foreground figure from a random background, a crucial part of central hearing. Previous studies have shown that the ability to extract...
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Lin D, Zang N, Song W, Punt A, Gong Y, Li G, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Mar;
292(2042):20242591.
PMID: 40041962
Squid, which occupy a similar role to teleost fish as open water predators, are opportunistic foragers. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence related to whether individual squid specialize...